Word: travelerism
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By the time Charles R. Melvoin ’10 comes to Harvard in the fall, he will have eaten dog in Vietnam, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, ridden a camel in India and an ostrich in New Zealand, and gone shark-cage diving in South Africa. Melvoin has already...
“I don’t get that for my beverages,” says Operations Manager Mark LaHoud, referring to the “Traveler Plus” lid produced by Solo Cup Co. that 1369 has carried for the last three years.
The Gate, the psychedelic opening track (and the odd choice for the album's first single), sets up the collection, describing a traveler's arrival at a strange and soulless city after a long voyage. From there, Roberts says, songs zoom in and out from general attributes of the imaginary...
There are few people more qualified than Roberts, 31, to write such an album. A self-described "wandering spirit," he is a compulsive traveler. For years before he made it big, he worked flexible jobs in Montreal--waiting tables, delivering furniture--to fund trips around the world. He visited Indonesia...
Too bad the script strays into strange territory like a befuddled traveler. Scenes such as the aforementioned kidnapping--Loretta's loopy/jealous stapler-salesman boyfriend Dave (Tom Barnett) throws Michael into his car's trunk--are so top-heavy with look-at-me absurdness that they nearly capsize the whole effort...